Title
Allan, Dal oral history
Catalog Number
102746670
Type
Document
Description
This is the fascinating journey of Dal Allan, who grew up in Australia and went to work for IBM in 1960, where he ended up in "systems" because he didn't want to wear a hat (required for sales). He learned to program and became one of the four people who wrote the original disk operating system for the System 360. From there he went on to ISS and took a leadership role in just about every disk drive standard ever created by an industry committee. As a result, this story covers the evolution of disk drive interfaces from the original IBM RAMAC to the current day.
Date
2013-03-12
Contributor
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Allan, Dal, Interviewee
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Burniece, Thomas, Interviewer
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Dennis, Eric, Videographer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA, USA
Extent
95 p.
Format
PDF
Copyright Holder
Computer History Museum
Category
Transcription
Subject
Storage history
Collection Title
Oral history collection
